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Edith Jessie Thompson (25 December 1893 – 9 January 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June 1902 – 9 January 1923) were a British couple executed for the murder of Thompson's husband Percy.
On 9 January 1923 Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters were executed for the murder of her husband, even though there was no evidence she knew he would be stabbed. Why was she...
28 de feb. de 2024 · Edith Thompson was executed in 1923 for the murder of her husband by her lover Frederick Bywaters, despite little evidence against her. A commission ruled that her case did not meet the requirements for a royal pardon, but her heir and executor disputed the decision.
7 de mar. de 2023 · Percy Thompson was stabbed in Ilford, east London, on 3 October 1922 by 20-year-old Frederick Bywaters as he and Edith made their way home from the theatre. The case caused a huge sensation as...
15 de mar. de 2018 · In January 1923 Edith Thompson, aged 29, and her lover Frederick Bywaters, aged 20, were hanged for the murder of her husband. Bywaters had stabbed Percy Thompson during a scuffle on a street close to the couple’s home in Ilford.
8 de mar. de 2023 · Edith Thompson was hanged in 1923 for the murder of her husband, despite a lack of evidence and a biased judge. Her case was referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission after a campaign by her heirs and supporters.
3 de sept. de 2019 · Read the letters of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, the lovers who were convicted of murdering Edith's husband in 1922. Explore their romantic, literary and candid correspondence, and the evidence used against them at the trial.
